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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2004El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2004, 1:56 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2004, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 1:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 221956
SVRPUB
COC041-222100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
155 PM MDT THU JUL 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT.

* AT 152 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AND
  WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PEYTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES EAST OF FALCON BY 220 PM MDT.
  6 MILES NORTH OF SCHRIEVER AFB BY 300 PM MDT.

IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE
THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST
PROTECTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3910 10446 3905 10468 3872 10462 3880 10429

$$

ETP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jul 22, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo53 min
Jul 22, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.